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 Dorothy
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Archived July 12, 2005
LINCOLN -- Dorothy E. Ball, 84, of Lincoln died Monday,
July 11, 2005, at 10:30 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Lincoln
Christian Church. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday
at the church, with Tom Gerdts officiating.
Burial will be in New Union Cemetery.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is handling
arrangements.
She was a local elementary schoolteacher for 30 years.
She was born Oct. 9, 1920, at Fort Bliss, Texas, to Dr.
Elmer D. and Marie F. Montgomery Rhoads. She married Trelby
J. Ball on May 29, 1943, at Fort Riley, Kan.
She is survived by one son, James L. (and Anita) Ball of
Danville, Calif.; two daughters, Janice Ball (and Ronald)
Betzelberger of Lincoln and Christie Ball (and Don) Lemme of
Lincoln; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and
one sister, Jeannette Miller of San Jose, Calif.
One brother, George, preceded her in death.
She was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and the
Rachel Circle, Jolly Seniors and Friendship Corner class of
the church. She was also a member of Lincoln White Shrine of
Jerusalem, Lincoln Woman's Club, Retired Teachers
Association and served on the board for the Apple
Scholarship.
She graduated from Lincoln College and the University of
Illinois in Champaign.
Memorials may be made to the Christian Village, Lincoln
Christian College or Lincoln Christian Church.
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Ball family.
 Darrell Lessen
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Archived July 11, 2005
LINCOLN -- A memorial service for Darrell F. Lessen will be
at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m.
Mr. Lessen, 75, of Lincoln died July 3, 2005, at 9:18
a.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. His body was
cremated.
He retired from Albert Services as an electrician in 2002
and formerly owned Lessen Trucking with his brother.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War.
He was born Sept. 18, 1929, at Hartsburg to Arend "Arnie"
and Lena Luken Lessen. He married Verna M. Menssen at
Hartsburg on June 17, 1956.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two brothers,
Donald (and Gayle) Lessen of Beason and Gene (and Marianne)
Lessen of Lincoln; and several nieces, nephews, great- and
great-great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister,
Patsy Gehlbach.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of
Lincoln, a member of American Legion Post 263 for 19 years,
a member of Lincoln Elks Lodge for 38 years and a member of
Logan County Farm Bureau.
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